Praying in Color
It's a book; it's a prayer practice; it's a workshop!

The Workshop
Praying in Color™ is a versatile workshop. It can be a forty-five minute Christian education offering, a three-hour workshop, or an all-day retreat experience. Men, women, teenagers, and children can learn this prayer form in a group setting.

Paraclete Press offers an instructional DVD for leading your own workshop. Contact them for details, or contact Sybil MacBeth about leading workshops or retreats

Preview Praying in Color DVD.

Praying in Color™ is ideal for:
• Intergenerational Education Classes
• Women's Meetings
• Prayer Workshops
• Vacation Bible School and Summer Camp
• Staff Retreats on Prayer
• Summer Sunday School Classes
• Wednesday Night Church-wide Programs
• Senior Citizens Activity
• Youth Confirmation Retreats
• Men's Prayer Groups
• Prayer Therapy During Convalescence
• Kindergarten and Children's Prayer Training
• Homeschooling, grades K-12.

In a Praying in Color™ workshop, participants learn how to "pray in color" as a group through an intercessory prayer exercise. I try to dispel any art anxiety, because this is not about being an artist. It's about learning to pray in a visual, kinesthetic, and playful way. This is about sitting in the presence of the God who loves and delights in us.

Reviews
"This feels like a very love-based practice to me. I didn't know any of the people we were praying for; but while I was doing this, I was loving them."
-Ellen P

"The time flew. Three minutes in silence can seem long, but doing this, they pass so quickly. I found that centering came much easier when I focused on a person and the needs of the person as I drew."
-Carol G

"Praying in Color has been a valuable asset to my ministry for many ages, from 5th graders all the way through young adults. The book and DVD are straight-forward, easy to follow, and, more importantly, easy to teach and adapt to your own needs. I would recommend Praying in Color to anyone serious about expanding and improving their prayer life."
-Brian Salvatore, Youth and Young Adult Minister,
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

"MacBeth is transparent, accessible, and human. She exercises what she calls spiritual imagination as she works on, in, and through prayer. She trusts herself enough to experiment, mess up, and try again in prayer. She trusts God enough to guide her as she falters, succeeds, and grows stronger. Her book emboldens others to trust their instincts, too."
-Christianity Today

“I was so glad to discover Praying in Color, a prayer style that fit my personality and temperament perfectly. This past year we used it with our Confirmation candidates and their sponsors.”
-Annie Kitching, St. Thomas Aquinas Church